Megyn Kelly Has a Meltdown Over Taylor Swift Attending Charity Comedy Show For Gaza: ‘I Hope They Boycott Her!’
Megyn Kelly had an absolute meltdown over news that superstar Taylor Swift attended a comedy show for which ticket sales were donated to a group providing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Swift and friends attended a show by actor and stand-up comic Ramy Youssef, who posted to Instagram that the proceeds for his tour would be donated to American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) — an NGO providing relief to Gaza as it faces a bombing campaign and invasion from Israel.
ANERA, which says it has “no political or religious affiliation,” is a major NGO that receives millions from the United States government. Yet Kelly cast the group as nefarious during a rant on Tuesday’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show.
Kelly cited criticism of ANERA from NGO Monitor, a controversial pro-Israel organization, which accused the NGO of bias back in 2005. NGO Monitor reported at the time that “most of ANERA’s focus is on development assistance and emergency relief, and the quality of these programs is considered to be very high. However, as the following report demonstrates, this NGO also engages in biased anti-Israeli political activities.”
Kelly invoked that report in a furious rant demanding a boycott of Swift.
“A group that NGO Monitor has described as highly political, presenting a highly bias view of the Israel-Palestine war, ignoring any Palestinian responsibility for hardship, and contributing to the demonization of Israel,” Kelly said. “That is the group Taylor Swift thought it might be fun to raise money for, attend a fundraiser for — and she owes Israeli and Jewish Americans an apology! And I hope they boycott her events until she issues it! Because attending this thing was wrong. It was wrong. Do some Googling. See what they do in Gaza to gays. See about women’s rights in Gaza, Taylor.”
Kelly then made the “zip-it” sign when adding, “Otherwise, do this when it comes to talking about these issues again. You clearly know nothing.”
Watch the clip above via The Megyn Kelly Show.
